On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history

On May 13 in ...

* 1983 -- Kennewick beat Richland 6-5 and 5-4 in 10 innings to win the Big Nine Conference Southern Division baseball title.

* 1979 -- Umatilla's Rhody Hays drove his 1969 Mercury Cyclone to victory in the 25-lap main event as Tri-City Raceway opened its 1979 season.

* 1973 -- Mike Cloutier was announced as the new manager of the Tri-City Imperials baseball team of the Northwest League.

* 1962 -- The Tri-City Braves snapped a string of 13 straight losses at Parker Field in Yakima, dating back to May 10, 1961, with a 7-5 victory over the Yakima Bears in the nightcap of their Northwest League doubleheader.

This story was originally published May 13, 2011 at 12:00 AM with the headline "On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history."